From 04c769c8445e02c8bdaf52d9276332e565739d33 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Benny Baumann <BenBE@geshi.org>
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2023 12:45:49 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add a note about when the configuration is saved

---
 htop.1.in | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/htop.1.in b/htop.1.in
index 18be08dc6..d734f4795 100644
--- a/htop.1.in
+++ b/htop.1.in
@@ -602,7 +602,7 @@ By default
 .B htop
 reads its configuration from the XDG-compliant path
 .IR ~/.config/htop/htoprc .
-The configuration file is overwritten by
+The configuration file is overwritten upon clean exit by
 .BR htop 's
 in-program Setup configuration, so it should not be hand-edited.
 If no user configuration exists
@@ -644,6 +644,13 @@ can also be displayed by
 if the
 .BR pmdaopenmetrics (1)
 component is configured.
+.LP
+The configuration for both
+.B htop
+and
+.B pcp-htop
+is only saved when a clean exit is performed. Sending any signal will cause
+.I all configuration changes to be lost.
 .SH "MEMORY SIZES"
 Memory sizes in
 .B htop